Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) is an advanced EMS education course that fully addresses how to best assess and manage the most common medical crises in patients. This course is for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians and other prehospital providers. This is a 2 day course (16 hours total) with the first day focusing on lecture and the second day focusing on hands on skills and patient scenarios. Upon completion of this course, you will receive a 4 year AMLS certification through NAEMT and 16 hours of CAPCE credit.
Topics include:
- Altered Mental Status & Neurologic Disorders
- Respiratory Dysfunction
- Airway Management
- Signs & Symptoms of Impending Failure
- Assessment & Treatment of COPD
- Assessment & Treatment of Obstruction
- Management of Shock
- Chest Discomfort
- Endocrine Emergencies
- Metabolic & Environmental Disorders
- Abdominal Discomfort
- Infectious Disease
- Toxicologic Emergencies
- Hazardous Materials & Weapons of Mass Destruction
Detailed Description
Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
This class is the gold standard of education for emergency medical assessment and treatment. Endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians, AMLS emphasizes the use of the AMLS Assessment Pathway, a systematic tool for assessing and managing common medical conditions with urgent accuracy.
Students learn to recognize and manage common medical crises through realistic case-based scenarios that challenge students to apply their knowledge to highly critical patients. The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, history, interactive group discussion on potential treatment strategies, and physical exam to systematically rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients’ medical crises.
Upon completion of this course, you will receive a 4 year AMLS certification through NAEMT and 16 hours of CAPCE credit.